Euphorbia - spurge represents a large family of plants where the most eye-catching ones are not hardy enough for Central European continental climate of zone 6. However, there are also hybrids where one of the parents bear the beauty of the tender species, and the other improves hardiness. Such as euphorbia x martini, a cross between e. amygdaloides and e. characias.

TINY TIM® is semi-woody perennial Martin's spurge found as a natural mutation of euphorbia x martini from December 2000. A sport was found in Alberton in West Sussex, United Kingdom, by Albert T.Crowther. It exhibits much slower growth, small size, and compact, uniform habit. Leaves are narrowly lance-shaped, mid to dark green with blue tones, and new top growths are always dark magenta purple to burgundy red. In warm winters (to about -20°C) they are reliably evergreen.

In late spring and again in midsummer large inflorescences are produced in profusion, and they completely cover the plant. They are composed of small, lime green flowers with red centres. It flowers on previous year's wood so any pruning, if required, has to be done immediately after flowering in summer. All parts of the plant produce milky sap when cut, crushed, or bruised, that is toxic and can cause skin irritation. The plant was patented as PP16930 in 2006.

Spurge will grow in full sun in almost any well-drained garden soil provided it is protected wet conditions, mainly in winter. Its autumn foliage colour improves with the levels of nitrogen in the soil so a small dose of slow-release fertilizer would do the trick in late summer, but is not necessary. It is hardy to min. -24°C (USDA zone 6), possibly a few degrees more.

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STANDARD QUALITY - Plants of this group are 1st class quality with number of branches and overall density adequate to their size and age, considering they were container grown.

DE LUXE QUALITY - This label guarantees a luxurious quality of manually selected plants that, compared to their height and age, are exceptionally dense and beautiful.

EXTRA - These plants are usually mature and bigger specimens with exceptional overall appearance.

STANDARD (as described in the plant form) means a tree with a trunk of 190-210 cm and a crown at the top, unless specified differently. The commercial size for trees is their girth measured in the height of 1m from ground.

HOBBY - These plants are of the same quality as our standard-quality plants but younger and therefore cheaper.

SHRUB - a woody plant with branches growing bushy from the ground level.

HALF-STANDARD or MINI-STANDARD - a small tree with shorter trunk, its size is usually specified.

FEATHERED - These are trees with branches growing already from the base of the trunk and up along the stem.

GRASSES and PERENNIALS - Sizes given usually read the diameter of the pot or the clump, as specified.